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On motion, the nomination of Standing Committees being 
in order, those of the preceding year were continued. 
On motion, the reading of the Catalogue of Members was 
dispensed with. 
Pending nominations Nos. 679, 689, and new nominations 
690, 691 were read. 
Nominations Nos. 678 to 688 were spoken to by Nominors 
and ballotted for; and on a scrutiny of the ballot boxes, by 
the presiding officer, the following gentlemen were declared 
duly elected members of the Society: 
Prof. W. C. Kerr, State Geologist of N. Car., Raleigh, N.C. 
Mr. La Motte Dupont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del. 
Prof. William P. Trowbridge, of Yale College, New 
Haven, Conn. 
Dr. William Elder, of Philadelphia. 
Francis Bowyer Miller, Esq., of the Royal Branch Mint at 
Melbourne, Aus. 
Mr. Guillaume Lambert, Professor of Chemistry in the 
University of Louvain, Belgium. 
Mr. Persifor Frazer, Jr., Assistant Prof. Chemistry, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 
Mr. George W. Hough, Director of the Dudley Observa- 
tory, Albany. 
Mr. William A. Stokes, of Philadelphia. 
Mr. Edwin J. Houston, Professor in the High School and 
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. 
And the Society was adjourned. 
Stated Meeting, February 2d, 1872. 
Present, fifteen members. 
Vice-President, Mr. FRALEY, in the Chair. 
New members :—Mr. Stokes, Dr. Elder and Prof. Persifor 
Frazer, Jr., were introduced to the presiding officer and 
took their seats. 
Letters accepting membership were received from Prof. 
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